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Israel Academy Awards Fourteen Adams Fellowships to Doctoral Researchers
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities awarded fourteen Adams Fellowships during its annual seminar on Tuesday. Recipients will receive up to four years of funding for research in science and engineering fields.
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The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities awarded fourteen Adams Fellowships to doctoral students in science and engineering during the annual Adams Seminar held on Tuesday. The fellowships provide an annual stipend of NIS 100,000 for up to four years, a travel grant of up to $3,000, and a tuition exemption.
Seven awards cover the 2025-2026 academic year and seven cover the 2026-2027 academic year.
The Adams Family Foundation, based in Canada, endowed the program, which began in 2005. It supports research in natural sciences, life sciences, engineering, mathematics, data science, and computer science. Academy President Prof. David Harel addressed attendees and noted ongoing academic boycotts and potential European Union measures affecting Israeli institutions.
Adams attended the event.
He serves as President of the World Jewish Congress Israel Region. "Israel's greatest natural resource is its people," Adams said. " The fourteen recipients conduct research at universities across Israel. Their projects include sustainable battery development, machine learning applications, cancer-related studies, quantum computing materials, and antibiotic resistance therapies.
The 2025-2026 recipients are Elad Ballas of Bar-Ilan University, Nadir Boni of Tel Aviv University, Amit Elad of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Aya Marck of the University of Haifa, Ohad Segal of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Yarden Sheffer of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Maayan Ziv of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
The 2026-2027 recipients are Jonathan Jung of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yael Cohen of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Avichai Marmor of Bar-Ilan University, Aviezer Silverman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yeela Persky Vile of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Tommer David Keidar of Tel Aviv University, and Maya Schlesinger of Tel Aviv University.
